LEGENDA Paths of top rim of celestial objects around 3000 BCE:
Sun [orange. From north to south: summer solstice, equinox, winter solstice] and moon [blue. From north to south: summer major and minor standstill limits and winter minor and major standstill limits].
The sky grid is every 15°.
The information is calculated by using this page.
Buildings:
Chambered mounds [orange], standing stones [black], barrows [black], earthen rings [green], wooden rings [brown], ponds [blue], cursus [light blue] and damaged mounds [purple].
Clicking the buildings, gives more information.
The thin black lines provide information what can be seen of the horizon from within the building (sky window).
Sources:
All buildings are positioned as good as possible using maps (G, Cooney, G. Eogan, M. O'Kelly and Ordnance Survey) or GPS. More GPS readings will be done for all buildings and implemented accordingly.
The landscape has been derived from Ordnance Survey of Ireland map (Discovery Series 43, 1997).
The accuracy of the VRML world is around ± 1.5 [m] in height.
Other links:
An 3D world of Maeshowe, Orkney
An 3D world of Weris, Belgium